Crystallettes: Purple, light purple trim. 16 + 3. Foot Loose. Pivot block strong slight line movement. Pivot 4 lines strong. No hold – 135s solid position with change edge. Line straight into back spirals in pair then into line. Circle footwork strong. No hold not lined up going in or throughout. Got back into position at end. Nice energy. Two spoke very wide center and lines a bit curved. Three spoke also a bit curved then got straight. Triangle intersection clean.

Score: 56.80

Western Michigan University SST: Blue with sparkles. 16 + 2. Cole Porter. Ballroom. Block – pivot lines slid at beginning then lined up. Good transition into 3 spoke. Two spoke travel smooth and very straight. Triangle interscection clean. No hold somewhat out of line at beginning but generally people were in place. Slowish. Circle 135s held but shape got bent as people drifted out of position. Spirals 4 lines – change edges good. Pair eagles pivoting ok. Circle footwork ok.

Hockettes: Navy and white. 16. Train theme. Triangle intersection forward clean. Two lines to one bit messy on transition back lunge. Two circles traveled ok. Fall in transition to circle footwork. Block fast but some fumbles. Pivot block held strong. Transition to three spoke – three spoke not symmetric. Two line intersection clean. Two spoke no center hold strong. ?Parallel to circle shape not held. MII catchfoots and eagles. Nice high energy, tried a lot of difficult transitions.

Chicago Radiance: Purple white trim. 14. Romeo and Juliet medley. MII 135s. Fall in center. Block pivot stopped at boards. Some fumbling for handholds and turns not synchronized. Two spoke big break – then got traveling. Two line intersection not synchronous. Two circles some travel. Circle asymetric footwork and shape. Traveled basketweave well. Triangle intersection forward clean. Line took a long time to form big break. Spirals nice.

Chicago Skates: Light blue, royal blue trim. 15. Jupiter from the Planets. Big height range. Two falls in setup. MII camels bit out of synch. Circle took a while to form, spirals, took a while to start traveling but went down ice ok. 3 spoke ok but two falls forming the block. Block really slowed down and lot of fumbling. Line pivot held quite well. Fan intersection got through but fall off the end of the two spoke wheel.

Cleveland Edges: Black gold trim. 14. Chicago. Swing through to 3 spoke – nice symmetry and travel. Change direction. Parallell was straight and turned quick. Block footwork slowed them down but got through. Circle slow trying to do footwork to music. Travel messy and not very far. Line fast and reasonably straight. Intersection was a back lunge (don’t see that intersection much these days!). MII sit spins.

Team du Coeur Blue: Peach multi with medieval-type drape on long sleeves. 12. Look older. Medley of songs like Halleluia. MII – Kind of leg swing over with girls sitting on the ice? 3 spoke to parallel – didn’t travel. Block – tried pivot which got a bit out of line. No hold moved quickly but footwork a bit out of synch. Trying difficult footwork. Line straight. Spirals and catchfoots. Circle kept shape but footwork out of synch. Travel smooth. Intersection one line back lunge, other back upright – got through clean.

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https://hockettes.wordpress.com/2011/11/19/kalamazoo-2011/#respondSat, 19 Nov 2011 15:23:21 +0000http://hockettes.wordpress.com/?p=863]]>Skatejudge and A2VideoDude have arrived – saw the Juvenile Hockettes warming up. Open Juvenile A coming up at 10:26am. We will be blogging on the programs as the flights are completed (these are only impressions, not official critiques :-). We will be leaving after Senior Short due to work demands so will not be able to cover Open Juv B, Intermediate, Preliminary, Adult, Masters, Novice, Collegiate or Open Adult

Filed under: Uncategorized]]>https://hockettes.wordpress.com/2011/11/19/kalamazoo-2011/feed/0skatejudgeSynchro Worldshttps://hockettes.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/synchro-worlds/
https://hockettes.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/synchro-worlds/#respondFri, 08 Apr 2011 11:03:30 +0000http://hockettes.wordpress.com/?p=733]]>Good luck to all of our former Hockettes at the 2011 World Synchronized Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland. On Team USA 1 we have former Hockette Lindsay Grajek and on Team USA 2 we have Ashleigh Ostin, Bianca Pomponio, Marisa Hutchinson and Asst. Coach Katie Bowling. Good luck girls! Skate hard and skate great – we’re so proud of you!Filed under: Uncategorized]]>https://hockettes.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/synchro-worlds/feed/0Maria11-12 Tryoutshttps://hockettes.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/11-12-tryouts/
https://hockettes.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/11-12-tryouts/#respondMon, 14 Mar 2011 02:20:01 +0000http://hockettes.wordpress.com/?p=631]]>Come join the Hockettes and be a part of the tradition!

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https://hockettes.wordpress.com/2011/02/13/usa/#respondSun, 13 Feb 2011 15:20:10 +0000http://hockettes.wordpress.com/?p=626]]>Congratulations to our Junior Hockettes for placing 3rd at the Spring Cup in Milan!! The Hockettes were 5th after the short program and moved up to 3rd place after skating a beautiful Freeskate program. The Hockettes were part of a podium sweep by Team USA. Great job girls!

Filed under: General Hockettes, Junior, Uncategorized]]>https://hockettes.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/spring-cup/feed/0MariaMidwestern Sectionalshttps://hockettes.wordpress.com/2011/02/02/midwestern-sectionals/
https://hockettes.wordpress.com/2011/02/02/midwestern-sectionals/#respondWed, 02 Feb 2011 17:06:38 +0000http://hockettes.wordpress.com/?p=609]]>Good luck to all of our teams at Midwestern Sectionals in Rochester MN! We had a change of plans due to the weather, and left early to go up through the UP and miss the storm.